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Synonyms for ECT

the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma

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Relationship between Seizure Duration and Effectiveness of ECT
As a result, making appointments on all 6,000 vacancies for junior elementary school teachers (JEST) and 1,190 vacancies for early childhood teachers (ECT) remains a tall order for the government.
* the use of ECTS credits assigned to subjects (course cycles); the basis for awarding credits is the workload required from a student to obtain a credit for a given subject (course cycle); in the ECTS a full academic year corresponds to 60 credits, a semester to 30 credits and a trimester to 20 credits;
Inside the procedureConducted in a small room inside AUBMC's psychiatric ward, ECT is considerably less dramatic than its popular portrayal.
Can mini mental state exmination (MMSE) scores predict short-term impairments in memory during electroconvulisive therapy (ECT)?
We evaluate the performance metrics of ECT and compared it with MLCRA protocol.
People performed no better than chance at remembering the details of the story that had been recalled just before ECT, the researchers found.
The possible pathophysiology of developing BPPV after ECT is not known clearly.
The mean ([+ or -] SD) age of the ECT and Non-ECT groups was 35.24 [+ or -] 14.17 and 33.26 [+ or -] 13.59 years, respectively.
Patients with psychiatric disorders other than depression, and those with cardiovascular, respiratory, and central nervous system diseases which are the relative contra-indications for ECT were excluded.
Since 2006, the country has remained an observer to the ECT and expressed keenness to become a full member, which would provide access to larger investments and energy funding.
Ugur joined ECT just two years ago and holds both engineering and product design degrees from Istanbul Technical University.
R undergo ECT to obtain rapid relief from his depressive symptoms.
NEW ORLEANS--In 2001, a patient at the Menninger Clinic, Houston, asked whether her husband could be with her during ECT treatments so she'd feel safer.